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LANTHANIDES
Definition of LANTHANIDES
noun
plural of lanthanide
noun
Any of the 15 rare earth elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are not filled, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.
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Word DNA
LANTHANIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, LANTHANIDE.
How it is built
Same root, LANTHANIDE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LANTHANIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LANTHANIDES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEHILNNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once.
Words that start LANTHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LANTHANIDES?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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